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December 23
Miami Airport, Florida
1:25 P.M.
The McCallister clan stood around the baggage carousel, staring out the
windows. They could see a few palm trees and one or two senior citizens. But
mostly they saw rain . . . thick sheets of it pouring down like a waterfall.
"Great way to start a vacation," Kate said with a sigh.
"Look at it this way," Peter said. "It can't get worse." The bags were starting to
come down the chute and Kate turned back to the carousel.
"Everybody takes their own luggage!" she shouted.
As the first bag came around, Peter picked it up and read the name tag. "Give
this to Kevin," he said, passing the bag to Kate, who gave it to Leslie.
"Give this to Kevin," Leslie said, giving the bag to Rod.
"This is for Kevin," said Rod, who gave the bag to Megan.
"It's Kevin's bag." Megan handed the bag to Fuller.
Fuller took the bag and turned to give it to Kevin, but Kevin wasn't there. Fuller
turned to Brooke instead.
"Kevin's not here," he said, giving her the bag.
Brooke gave the bag to Sondra, who gave it to Linnie.
"Kevin's not here," Sondra said.
Linnie gave the bag to Kate, who was busy passing out the other bags.
"Kevin's not here," said Linnie.
"Kevin's not here," Kate said as she handed the bag back to Peter.

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Peter stared at her.
"What'd you say?"
"I said . . ." Kate's eyes went wide and she screamed. "Kevin!"
The Miami Airport police were housed in a small green cinder block office near
the main terminal. Kate and Peter sat in two uncomfortable wooden chairs across
a desk from a heavyset, red-faced officer named Bennett, who was making notes
on a yellow legal pad.
"Where did you last see your son?" Officer Bennett asked.
"In O'Hare Airport," Peter said. "We dropped the bags off curbside and he came
into the terminal with us."
"Most people get separated at security checkpoints," Bennett said. "Are you sure
he got through security?"
"I don't know," Kate said, looking quizzically at Peter.
"We were late for our plane," Peter explained. "Everyone ran to the gate."
Bennett nodded. "And when did you notice your son was missing, ma'am?"
"Uh, not until we picked up our baggage here," Kate said.
"I see." Bennett wrote something on the pad. "Has the boy ever run away from
home?"
"Absolutely not," Peter said.
"Has he ever been in a situation where he's been on his own?" the police officer
asked.
"As a matter of fact, this has happened before," Kate admitted with a nervous
laugh. "It's sort of become a family tradition."
"Oddly enough we never lose our luggage," Peter added.
Bennett raised a curious eyebrow.

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"He was left home by accident last year," Kate explained.
"That's what my wife meant about the family tradition," Peter added.
Officer Bennett nodded. "We'll call Chicago and notify them of the situation.
The odds are that's where he is. It's very unlikely he'd be anywhere else."

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